The definition of family is not beholden to the idea of blood. Like anyone, blood relatives are completely susceptible to being rotten individuals, regardless of who they are providing for. The people who look after you are your family. Not unlike Hirokazu Kore-eda’s recent and beloved “Shoplifters,” Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz’s deeply-moving “The Peanut Butter Falcon” tackles the idea of finding beautiful familial relationships in unexpected places to fill that void in the heart.
Continue reading ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’: Shia Labeouf Shines In This Funny, Heartwarming Adventure [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’: Shia Labeouf Shines In This Funny, Heartwarming Adventure [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/13/2019
- by Ryan Oliver
- The Playlist
During production of The Peanut Butter Falcon, Shia Labeouf was very publicly arrested for drunk and disorderly behavior, a scandal that has loomed over the film ever since. But it’s here now, and I’ve discovered that with it, Labeouf has been given something miraculous, something any celebrity who’s ever been caught on the wrong side of the spotlight wishes they could get: the opportunity to fade away. I’ve simply never liked the actor more.
In Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz’s sincere feature directorial debut, Labeouf plays Tyler, a worn-out, frustrated fisherman whose capacity and tendency for violence feel like a purposeful, methodic form of self-punishment. His sense of worth is dampened so drastically – a product of an irredeemable mistake he made and the death of his brother – that he feels he has no right in wreaking judgement or condescension upon others.
That makes him the...
In Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz’s sincere feature directorial debut, Labeouf plays Tyler, a worn-out, frustrated fisherman whose capacity and tendency for violence feel like a purposeful, methodic form of self-punishment. His sense of worth is dampened so drastically – a product of an irredeemable mistake he made and the death of his brother – that he feels he has no right in wreaking judgement or condescension upon others.
That makes him the...
- 3/10/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Shia Labeouf made some frank and emotional statements about his personal struggles on the set of “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” his Mark Twain-inspired indie film that premiered at the SXSW film festival on Saturday in Austin, Texas.
Zac Gottsagen, an actor with Downs and the film’s lead, also revealed to the Q&A audience how his relationship with Labeouf helped the star after his high-profile arrest in 2017.
“I felt really fragile coming in, but got even more fragile when we were there. A lot of the stuff you see on the boat is me at bottom barrel,” Labeouf said of numerous film sequences where he and Gottsagen’s characters are adrift on a raft, attempting to sail from from North Carolina to Florida.
“I was also reaching for god real heavy. I don’t know if I could have heard some of the things I heard from any other man.
Zac Gottsagen, an actor with Downs and the film’s lead, also revealed to the Q&A audience how his relationship with Labeouf helped the star after his high-profile arrest in 2017.
“I felt really fragile coming in, but got even more fragile when we were there. A lot of the stuff you see on the boat is me at bottom barrel,” Labeouf said of numerous film sequences where he and Gottsagen’s characters are adrift on a raft, attempting to sail from from North Carolina to Florida.
“I was also reaching for god real heavy. I don’t know if I could have heard some of the things I heard from any other man.
- 3/10/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
From Troma to Super, via Scooby Doo, we chart the movie career of Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn...
Darling of outsider cinema turned blockbuster-building genius James Gunn is sure to have made millions of new fans in the last week alone. With August box office records broken by Guardians Of The Galaxy (Marvel’s off-world gamble and a wildly entertaining space-romp with heaps of heart written and directed by James Gunn - as if you didn’t know), he’s about to get a lot more phone calls than he did before. And he may have already been getting a fair few.
You don’t have to wait years for the already-announced sequel for your next dose of his unique brand of cinema though; he’s got a hefty CV that blends horror, hilarity and heroes in equal measure. Here’s our low-down on some of the highlights…...
Darling of outsider cinema turned blockbuster-building genius James Gunn is sure to have made millions of new fans in the last week alone. With August box office records broken by Guardians Of The Galaxy (Marvel’s off-world gamble and a wildly entertaining space-romp with heaps of heart written and directed by James Gunn - as if you didn’t know), he’s about to get a lot more phone calls than he did before. And he may have already been getting a fair few.
You don’t have to wait years for the already-announced sequel for your next dose of his unique brand of cinema though; he’s got a hefty CV that blends horror, hilarity and heroes in equal measure. Here’s our low-down on some of the highlights…...
- 8/6/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
After almost being cancelled several times on NBC, the network grim reaper finally caught up with the offbeat sitcom last May. But, as expected, ABC came to the rescue and took Scrubs over for season eight. Now, it looks like the doors of Sacred Heart will be closing for real this time... or will they?
Primarily seen through the eyes of intern-then-physician John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff), Scrubs centers around a group of egocentric doctors and nurses. Joining him at the hospital are best friend Chris Turk (Donald Faison), driven Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), head nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes), abrasive Doctor Perry Cox (John McGinley), chief of medicine Doctor Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), and the hospital's unnamed janitor (Neil Flynn). Others in the cast include Robert Maschio, Aloma Wright, Sam Lloyd, Christa Miller, Johnny Kastl, Travis Schuldt, Frank Encarnacao, Charles Chun, Mike Schwartz, and Michael Hobert.
Created by Bill Lawrence,...
Primarily seen through the eyes of intern-then-physician John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff), Scrubs centers around a group of egocentric doctors and nurses. Joining him at the hospital are best friend Chris Turk (Donald Faison), driven Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), head nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes), abrasive Doctor Perry Cox (John McGinley), chief of medicine Doctor Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), and the hospital's unnamed janitor (Neil Flynn). Others in the cast include Robert Maschio, Aloma Wright, Sam Lloyd, Christa Miller, Johnny Kastl, Travis Schuldt, Frank Encarnacao, Charles Chun, Mike Schwartz, and Michael Hobert.
Created by Bill Lawrence,...
- 3/26/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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